AR9: Sports Equipment

Sports Equipment: Roller Skates

Description: Men's clamp on metal skates used at UMEI auditorium.

          Roller skating was the “in” thing to do for the

Mennonite young people in the 1950’s. We skated

               Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon/evening & some-

               Times during the week. These skates covered many

               Miles going round, round, and round (on display)

Donated Date: November 8, 1993

Donor: Harold Thiessen

Year: 1950's

Accession Number: 993.410.30

Sports Equipment:Baseball Bat

Description:Karl Epp’s father Henry Epp (a Sunday scholl teacher at LUMC at the time) purchased two bats in the 1940’s intended for use at the Point Pelee Sunday School picnis. Karl remembers them being stored in their attic during the winter months. The Epp family lived at the corner of County Rd # 37 and Concession 5

Year:1040

Donation Nov./06Date:

Donor:Karl Epp

Location:on display

Accession Number:006.14.3